2023-05-17 13:28:22
The process of returning employees of American companies to offices slowed down in the first quarter. This is reported The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) citing data from Scoop Technologies, a developer and supplier of office software. If in the fourth quarter 49% of American companies required their employees to work only in the office, now this share has dropped to 42%.
It is reported that companies have already adapted to a hybrid work schedule, when part of the working time people are in the office, and part of the time they work from home. Employees with a hybrid schedule average two and a half days a week in the office – this type of schedule has now become the most common among more than 4.5 thousand companies served by Scoop Technologies.
It is noted that the low unemployment rate, which benefits workers more than employers, may contribute to the situation. “Employees say they really don’t want to be in the office all five days,” said Robert Sadow, head of Scoop Technologies, in an interview with the WSJ. “And most companies have to adapt to such moods in the labor market.”
However, landlords and owners of catering establishments located in office centers and not far from them suffer from less office occupancy. New York authorities are already taking measures that would encourage people to work more actively in offices. Last week Mayor Eric Adams announced on the allocation of tax incentives for builders and owners of office space to reconstruct and modernize them, thus stimulating people to work more in the office and not from home.
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